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Chris Johnson at his home in Atlanta on June 24, 2026. Johnson, a 58-year-old registered Republican who considers himself a libertarian, has voted in every Georgia election for the past 40 years. When he prepared to vote in the state primary in May 2026, he asked ChatGPT to tell him which of the candidates was the most libertarian. (David Walter Banks/The New York Times)

‘Who Should I Vote for?’ Voters turn to AI before casting their ballots

July 4, 2026 at 2:19 p.m.

Voters are turning to new AI tools to serve as nonpartisan researchers, viewing them as a viable alternative to traditional news coverage, voter guides or social media.

Moshe Pomerantz works on an air-conditioning unit in Chicago, June 30, 2026. With Chicago and much of the country in the grips of a heat wave, air-conditioning technicians are enduring sweltering temperatures to keep systems working. (Jim Vondruska/The New York Times)

A worker in high demand in Chicago? The air-conditioning technician.

July 1, 2026 at 3:47 p.m.

Chicago might be more famous for its winter chill, but the city is no stranger to brutally warm days. When a hot stretch comes, Chicagoans cope by splashing in Lake...

Rep. Grace Meng (D-N.Y.) questions Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 2, 2026. President Trump has created an exception to his refugee ban for white South Africans, reshaping a program designed for people fleeing persecution and disaster. (Demetrius Freeman/The New York Times)

How Trump turned America’s refugee program into a pathway for white people

June 28, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

President Trump has created an exception to his refugee ban for white South Africans, reshaping a program designed for people fleeing persecution and disaster.

People walk and bike by Madison Square Garden in New York on June 8, 2026. After weeks of speculation over Taylor SwiftÕs and Travis KelceÕs wedding plans, a permit has been filed for an event at Madison Square Garden over the July 4, 2026, weekend. (Vincent Alban/The New York Times)

New York prepares for an event at Madison Square Garden. Clues point to you know who.

June 24, 2026 at 1:20 p.m.

New York Prepares for an Event at Madison Square Garden. Clues Point to You Know Who.

FILE — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detain an immigrant from Guatemala outside a court hearing in lower Manhattan on July 22, 2025. A federal judge in California issued an order on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, blocking immigration agents nationwide from making arrests inside immigration courts. The decision halts what had been one of the most aggressive aspects of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign. (Victor J. Blue/The New York Times)

Federal judge bars ICE from making arrests in immigration courts

June 23, 2026 at 9:29 p.m.

A federal judge in California issued an order Tuesday blocking immigration agents nationwide from making arrests inside immigration courts.

Joel Sanchez water quality specialist for the city, collects wastewater samples taken from a sewer line in Tempe, Ariz., May 28, 2026. The Trump administration recently endorsed monitoring sewage, as several municipalities are beginning to do, for evidence of drug use, but some critics fear such efforts could violate privacy and stigmatize neighborhoods. (Adriana Zehbrauskas/The New York Times)

Cities and schools are testing wastewater for illicit drugs

June 21, 2026 at 2:40 p.m.

A growing number of local governments are experimenting with monitoring wastewater for drug use, using methods similar to those widely employed to track the coronavirus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fans react during the World Cup soccer match between France and Senegal at New York New Jersey Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., June 16, 2026. TSome visiting sports fans are charmed by the United States. The country is even more charmed by them. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

Those World Cup tourists loving American food? They’re not all what they seem.

June 19, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Nobunaga, the Japanese wanderer whose reverential written meditations on X about bottomless baskets of chips and salsa at a Mexican restaurant in the United States, isn’t quite what some observers...

FILE — A warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently purchased for $87 million in Hamburg, Pa., Feb. 26, 2026. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative. (Rachel Wisniewski/The New York Times)

ICE spent $700 million on 7 warehouses. Now it wants to get rid of them.

June 19, 2026 at 7:17 a.m.

ICE is planning to offload seven warehouses purchased for more than $700 million by either giving them to other federal agencies or selling them outright, according to documents obtained by...

Melody Marion Bickhem, center, checks the selection order during the City of Evanston Reparations Committee meeting with her sisters Marvella Bowen, left, and Adriene Strickland at Evanston Township High School on Jan. 11, 2024. About 200 people attended the meeting to find the selection order of direct descendants who will receive reparations funding. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

Trump officials challenge Evanston reparations program

June 17, 2026 at 1:48 p.m.

The Justice Department joined a lawsuit challenging an Evanston program offering reparations for civil rights violations to Black residents.

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Monday, May 18, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Frustrated by courts, Trump weighed suspending a constitutional right

June 15, 2026 at 3:30 p.m.

The second Trump White House was deliberating an explosive new claim of presidential power: the suspension of habeas rights for unauthorized immigrants.

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